Private Equity
San Francisco-based Mesosphere, an enterprise cloud enablement company, has named Mike Fey as CEO. Fey's appointment begins February 1, 2019. Mesosphere investors include Andreessen Horowitz, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Koch Disruptive Technologies, Microsoft and T. Rowe Price Associates Inc.
3 min read · 14 December 2018
Third Rock Ventures has named Dr. Christoph Lengauer and Dr. Jeffrey Tong as partners. Previously, both were venture partners at the Boston-based healthcare venture firm.
5 min read · 14 December 2018
Philadelphia-based MissionOG, a B2B high-growth venture firm, has named Ted Saunders as a senior adviser. Currently, Saunders is chairman and CEO of Community Choice Financial.
2 min read · 13 December 2018
Pleasanton, California-based AEye Inc, a developer of advanced vision hardware, software and algorithms for self-driving vehicles, has named Blair LaCorte as president. He is the former global president of Production Resource Group. AEye's backers include Taiwania Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Intel Capital, Airbus Ventures and Tychee Partners.
3 min read · 13 December 2018
Yuri Navarro, CEO and executive director of the National Angel Capital Organization (NACO), is leaving his role in early 2019. Navarro, who joined NACO in 2012, will pursue a new career in the innovation ecosystem. Under Navarro's leadership, NACO said it grew and diversified membership, became a more Canada-wide organization, and added to angel education and best practice programs. Today, NACO represents more than 40 networks consisting of over 3,000 angel investors. NACO said its board has assembled a task force to search for a new CEO.
3 min read · 12 December 2018
Eric Feng, a general partner at Kleiner Perkins, is leaving the Silicon Valley-based venture firm in the next few weeks, he announced in a post. Feng said the reason for the exit are that his "passions and interests have changed for something different," adding he will disclose more later. Feng joined Kleiner Perkins in 2010. In addition to his work at Kleiner Perkins, Feng was CTO of Flipboard and Hulu.
1 min read · 10 December 2018
SeventySix Capital, a sports-focused venture firm, has added ex-NFL player Brian Westbrook as an investor to its athlete venture group. SeventySix Capital’s athlete venture group allows professional athletes to invest, learn and work directly with sports tech startups and entrepreneurs. During his career, Westbrook played for the Philadelphia Eagles and the San Francisco 49ers.
4 min read · 10 December 2018
Differential Ventures, a seed and early-stage venture firm, has named David Magerman as managing partner. Magerman is a former research scientist and head of production at hedge fund management firm Renaissance Technologies.
3 min read · 30 November 2018
BDC Capital’s Karl Reckziegel and Alison Nankivell have assumed new leadership positions as the organization evolves its $3 billion venture capital strategy. Reckziegel was recently promoted to senior vice president, venture capital, giving him oversight of the direct VC investment team. That puts the veteran BDC investment pro in charge of a $1.6 billion deal platform, one of the largest and most active in Canada, especially in underserved market segments. Reckziegel’s appointment comes as important changes are taking place in BDC’s direct VC operations, including the current efforts of the Healthcare Venture Fund and IT Venture Fund to raise capital from third-party investors.
2 min read · 29 November 2018
Dublin, Ireland-based Inflazome, a developer of small molecule drugs that block harmful inflammation, has named Dr. Thomas Jung as chief medical officer. Jung is the former head of the translational medicine group for Novartis Europe. Inflazome is backed by Forbion Capital Partners, Longitude Capital, Fountain Healthcare Partners and Novartis Venture Fund.
3 min read · 29 November 2018
